Game apparatus



May 8, 1945.

R. I. DORFMAN GAME APPARATUS Filed March 24, 1943 2 Sheets-Sheet lINVENTOR ROBE/FT]. DflRFMA/V BY ATTORNEY R. l. DORFMAN GAME APPAIRATUSMay 8, 1945.

Filed March 24, 1943 2 Sheets$heet 2 I lNVENTOR Roaffll DORFMAN MATTORNEY ll zz.

C e k 0 .13 25 b c Q Patented May 8, 1945 UNITE D- STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. GAME APPARATUS Robert I. Dorfman, New York, N. Y. Application March24, 1913, Serial No. 480,269

that type of game which employs a' large number I of prize indicatingindicia.

It is an object of my invention to provide game apparatus compact instructure. and possessing means to display a multitude of game.indicia.; capable of being played by a large number of ersons.

.- It is a further object of my invention, to. provide in such gameapparatus, rotary means, capable of manual rotation, to carry themultitude of ame indicia.

It is a further object of my invention to provide an arrangement ofthemeans which carry game indicia. as to. effect the exposure of 'amultitude of such indicia in the minimum of space.

'My invention also has for its objects, such as hereinafter are made toappear, and its nature and its peculiar features and advantages willappear in the course of the description.

My invention is also in the combination and arrangement of parts anddetails of construction as herein set forth and claimed. Reference ishad to the accompanying drawings, part of this specification, to explainmy invention, it being however, illustrative of only one of theembodiments which my invention may take.

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my game, showing the facing, the housing,and rotating drum.

Fig. 2' is a plan section taken through the drum along line 2--2 of Fig.1.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken through the drum on line 3-3 of Fig.1.

Fig. 4 is a layout or a game indicia. strip for the drum, partly openand closed.

Fig. 5 is a layout of two such game indicia strips, as combined on therotating drum.

Fig. 6 is a layout of a series of strips shown in Fig. 5, showing themanner in which'they are placed and aiiixed on the drum.

Fig. '7 is a layout of the pattern of the housing, in which the drum ismounted.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged view of a vertical section of the drum, showingthe arrangement of strips bearing game indicia.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several figures.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the game is provided with ahousing 9, comprising a cabinet Ill, facing II, and opening l2 in saidfacing. Drum I3 is mounted in the cabinet In, by means of shaft is,which is mounted in holes, pierced in mountings l6, H. The surface ofthe drum is covered with a sheet bearing prize shown in layout of thepattern in Fig. Single -"I op 24 has an extension 240 andv bottom 23: an

extension 23a.

In assembling the housing 9, bottom Hand top 24 are bent. inwardly alonglines I anddi-to form the bottom and top of the housing. Part la, beingout along lines a, b, c, is easily bent inwardly along line e to meetpart no, similarly out and bent. The holes 2.5, 2.6. of parts Ilia andHo are made to register to receiveshaft H. which carries drum 13. Parttab is similarly-cut along lines a, b, c, and bent inwardly, along.lines o to meet part Mb similarly cut andbent, andused to form the othermounting, the holes 25, 26 being made to register to receive shaft. M,which carries drum Hi. The drum. being thus mounted, sides 2!, 2|. arebent inwardly along lines i and :i to closethe cabinet and keep theshaft confined. Extensions Zla, .2Ib and 22a, 22b are then bent alonglines k, 2, m, n and are afiixed by adhesive or other means along thetop and bottom respecs scale.

tively covering the holes out of which mountings I6, and I1 were cut,and serving to keep the cabinet Ill, together. Extensions 23a and 24aare then bent along lines o and p as shown in Fig. 3 and the cabinet I0,is then afiixed to the facing I I by stapling 21, or other suitablemeans.

In Fig. 2, the drum I3 is shown with drum I3,

The length of the drum is slightly shorter than the opening l2 in thefacing I l, and the arrangement of the mountings within the cabinet issuch as to allow a portion of the surface of the drum to protiude beyondthe opening 12 as shown in Fig.

In preparing the strips I8 for carrying the game indicia, I prefer tocut strips of paper of length equal to the length of the drum and ofwidth adeouate to permit cutting of the strip as shown m Fig. 4. Singlelines indicate lines of cut and double lines, lines of folding. Eachstrip when out is thus provided with portion q, r and s and extension t.The game indicia is imprinted on extensions 12, which is then bent ontopart q, thus concealing the indicia. To complete the sealing of indicia,and prevent the impression of the printing from making the indiciaknown, flaps and s are bent over part t, as shown in Fig. 4, to producea completely folded game tongue 11. The construction of the strip inthis manner leaves spaces 111, which are filled by superimposing twostrips l8 of Fig. 4, one upon the other, as shown in Fig. 5, thusfilling the spaces w and doubling the.

number of game tongues 11 in each row, before mounting on sheet 28, ashereinafter described.

I prefer to provide in this manner 18 tongues in a row, each tonguebeing in width by some of the tongues will designate prizes, and

in length, although the number and dimensions may be varied as desired.v

The first game strip l8, thus completed, is then mounted upon a sheet ofpaper 28 of width of the drum, and the length sumcient to cover thesurface of the drum. The first strip i8 is then sewn onto the sheet 28by a double row of stitching 29, 30, shown in Fig. 5, which serves toseal flaps r and s and extension 15, and at the same time to attaoh'thestrip l8 to sheet 28. The next strip [8 is then placed slightly belowthe first strip and sewn down in similar manner. The process is repeateduntil the entire sheet 28 is thus covered, and then the assembly isrolled around drum l3 and aifixedthereto by adhesive,.as shown in Figs.1, 3

and 8. A single row of stitching may be used instead of a double row, ifdesired. In the above manner, I have produced in. the minimum of space,1152 game tongues, by the use of 64 rows of strips. The number may beincreased or diminished as desired, and the rows'of tongues may bevariedin color.

The rules of play for the game are simple and may be varied; The playerrotates or spins the drum forward by pushing down over the front surfaceof the drum exposed at opening 12, allowing it to spin until it stops,or he may rotate it to any particular point desired, or if the rows arecolored, to the color preferred. He then pulls one of the tongues offthe drum. The double row of stitching has the efi'ect of perforating thetonguesat the base,'permitting ready severance tongue 15, an act to beperformed (Sing), by way of illustration in this type of game. Othervariations are possible and these'are byway of example.

It is obvious that the game apparatus may be sub} ected to variouschanges in construction without departing from the principle of myinvention or sacrificing any of its advantages. Such changes are-allintended to be within the scope of my invention. Although I haveexplained my invention with a certain degree of particularity, it isunderstood that my present disclosure has been made only by way ofexample.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

In a game apparatus, having a housing, comprising a cabinet, a facingfor said cabinet, a portion of said facing being cut out to provide anopening for said cabinet; a rotatable drum in said housing; means formounting said rotatable drum in said cabinet; said rotatable drum beingadapted to rest upon said mounting means within said cabinet, and to berotated at the will of the player, so as to expose to view, through saidout out portion of the housing, the outer surface of said drum; saidouter surface of said drum, comprising a sheet of game indicia stripsdisposed in succession one behind the other, each of said stripscomprising a base portion, and extending integrally therefrom aplurality of protruding game tongues, each of said tongues comprising anextension folded back upon itself to conceal game indicia carriedthereon, and side'overlapping parts to cover said extension and concealthe impression of said indicia; and stitchingmeans disposed along thelength of each strip and positioned to seal the base of said tongues andaffix said strips to said sheet, said game tongues being thereby adaptedto be easily severed fromsaid strips in the course of play, and to bereadily opened for inspection of the game indicia thereon.

ROBERT I. DORFMAN.

